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Day in pictures

Two Israeli soldiers atop a tank as dawn breaks

Israeli soldiers pray on a tank near the border with Gaza as a fragile ceasefire between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants enters a second day.

Ducks flu over Paju near the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula

Wild ducks fly near the demilitarised zone which divides North and South Korea, as South Korean officials begin to cull 236,000 birds following a bird flu outbreak.

Indian students with a blazing picture of Mr Chappell

Students in Ahmadabad burn an effigy of Indian cricket team coach Greg Chappell after India lost to South Africa.

Latvian soldiers marching in Riga

Latvian soldiers take part in the changing of the guards in the capital, Riga, ahead of a Nato summit expected to be dominated by Afghanistan.

Two policemen in Kinshasa

DR Congo police on the streets of the capital, Kinshasa, as UN troops clashed with soldiers loyal to a dissident general near the eastern town of Sake.

A woman looks at the illuminated gate

A woman looks at the Otorii gate at Hiroshima's Itsukushima shrine. More than 40 sites in the city are being illuminated for the end of the year.






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